Early Results from GLASS-JWST. V: The First Rest-frame Optical Size-Luminosity Relation of Galaxies at z > 7

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Dokumenter

  • L. Yang
  • T. Morishita
  • N. Leethochawalit
  • M. Castellano
  • A. Calabro
  • T. Treu
  • A. Bonchi
  • A. Fontana
  • E. Merlin
  • D. Paris
  • M. Trenti
  • G. Roberts-Borsani
  • M. Bradac
  • E. Vanzella
  • B. Vulcani
  • D. Marchesini
  • X. Ding
  • T. Nanayakkara
  • S. Birrer
  • K. Glazebrook
  • T. Jones
  • K. Boyett
  • P. Santini
  • X. Wang

We present the first rest-frame optical size-luminosity relation of galaxies at z > 7, using the NIRCam imaging data obtained by the GLASS James Webb Space Telescope Early Release Science (GLASS-JWST-ERS) program, providing the deepest extragalactic data of the ERS campaign. Our sample consists of 19 photometrically selected bright galaxies with m (F444W) 7. Given the limited sample size and magnitude range, we first fix the slope to that observed for larger samples in rest-frame UV using Hubble Space Telescope samples. The median size r (0) at the reference luminosity M = -21 decreases slightly from rest-frame optical (600 +/- 80 pc) to UV (450 +/- 130 pc). We then refit the size-luminosity relation allowing the slope to vary. The slope is consistent with beta similar to 0.2 for all bands except F150W, where we find a marginally steeper slope of beta = 0.53 +/- 0.15. The steep UV slope is mainly driven by the smallest and faintest galaxies. If confirmed by larger samples, it implies that the UV size-luminosity relation breaks toward the faint end, as suggested by lensing studies.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer17
TidsskriftAstrophysical Journal Letters
Vol/bind938
Udgave nummer2
Antal sider7
ISSN2041-8205
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 18 okt. 2022

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